People often used to think of yoga as a middle class, mainly female pastime done in village halls and community centres. In fact the practice is an ancient one developed to train the mind and body of priests and warriors. In recent years, the value of yoga as a...

As one of the few Titleist trainers in Hampshire, Surrey and London, I enjoy the break from my more regular work of helping people with general stiffness and pains to focusing on local golfers and their golf swings. I must point out that although I love playing golf,...

If you’re a runner, the only way to improve your performance and Personal Best is to run more; it’s obvious isn’t it? Well not necessarily. At Petersfield Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic I advise athlete clients to mix their training for the sake of variety,...

When I talk about physiotherapy and surgery, people immediately assume I’m talking about recovering from an operation, when what is really needed afterwards is rest followed by a very gentle reintroduction to exercise and activity. But for surgery on joints,...

You might expect hazards such as coughs, colds and falls to increase over the winter period, but the chances of suffering from whiplash injury is also higher as conditions get icy. We treat an increasing number of whiplash cases at Petersfield Physio’s Liss practice...

Frozen shoulder is characterised by a stiffness, chronic pain and limited range of movement in the shoulder. Sometimes we know there’s a problem and we get treatment, but all too often, we live with it, putting up with limited mobility and accepting that we can’t be...

Now we’re in the middle of the rugby Six Nations championship, I wonder how many young people will be inspired to have a go after school or to go down to their local rugby club for an open day? As it’s such a physical sport where injuries are easy to pick up, I...

Dry January is flying by (hurray) but as we head into Fun February our resolution to cut down on the booze will dry up too. So why stop now? It’s the same with exercise. We all make great promises to ourselves to start exercising or to increase our activity levels in...

With the Christmas holidays rapidly approaching, many of our clients are already planning their skiing holiday in the New Year. While I don’t want to put you off your holiday, I feel I should warn you about the risks of skiing, how to prevent them and what to do if...

Happy Movember! This month has been declared Men’s Health Awareness Month, but rather than sport a false moustache in support, I thought it would be more useful to look at one way that exercise can help tackle a number of men’s health problems with some physio...